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【正确答案】正确答案: Distinguished president, dear professors and students: I have longed to meet all of you here at Cambridge and to communicate with you guys. It is in the severe winter of the economic crisis, yet, upon seeing your faces, I foresee spring, light and future. I am fully convinced that the power of knowledge plus the courage of the youth can not only change the fate of each individual, but also alter the destiny of the entire country even the whole world. Whenever I set foot on an institution of higher learning, I feel awe in my heart. This feeling comes out of my respect for knowledge, for professors in Cambridge and for Cambridge itself. The world-renowned Cambridge University has nurtured countless outstanding scientists, thinkers and poets such as Newton, Darwin and Bacon, who made substantial contributions to the progress of mankind. This year marks the 800th anniversary of Cambridge: I would like to extend our warmest congratulations!
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问答题 Passage 2
【正确答案】正确答案: Ladies and gentlemen, there is a saying in Chinese, which goes like this: When you drink the water, think of those who dug the well. We should always remember the leaders of our older generation who have opened the door for Sino-US friendship and cooperation. Forty years ago on his historic visit to China, President Richard Nixon and Chairman Mao Zedong shook hands "across the Pacific" and had strategic talks, breaking the hard ice between the two nations that were estranged for years. During the past four decades, the friendship between people in these two nations and their mutually beneficial cooperation continue to expand. Despite twists and turns in Sino-US relations. the overall trend is going forward. There is a line in a Chinese poem going: "The mighty green mountain can never stop the river from flowing eastward. " As peace and development become the theme of our age, Sino-US friendship and cooperation will be an irreversible trend.
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